NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the acquittal of controversial self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of the Dera Sacha Sauda in the Ranjit Singh murder case.
KOLKATA: The total confiscation amount by the Enforcement Directorate has reached Rs 239.26 crore so far in the cash-for-school-job case in West Bengal even though uncertainties continue to prevail over the completion of the process of framing charges in the ED-registered case in the matter.
KOLKATA: Seven people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress councillor Dulal Sarkar in West Bengal's Malda district, police said on Friday.
MYSURU: A Dalit family in Mysuru's Srinivasapura village, which falls under Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's Varuna Assembly constituency, has been boycotted by village heads for violating a diktat of the panchayat.
CHENNAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids at five locations linked to DMK leader and Member of Parliament Kathir Anand.
CHENNAI: A tanker lorry carrying 20 metric tons of Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) overturned on the Avinashi flyover in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore during the early hours of Friday.
KOLKATA: Firhad Hakim, the West Bengal Minister in charge of the Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Department and Kolkata Mayor, said on Thursday that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered the highest level of enquiry in the brutal murder of Trinamool Congress councillor from the English Bazar municipality in Malda district, Dulal Sarkar alias Babla, in broad daylight.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, on Thursday has arrested Head Constable Kuldeep Singh, posted at police station Sangat, Bathinda district for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 70000.
PHAGWARA: In a series of successful operations, the Jalandhar Rural Police have achieved significant breakthroughs by arresting drug smugglers and busting a highway robbery gang in Phillaur area within a span of two days.
KOLKATA: Dulal Sarkar, also known as Babla, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) councilor from Ward 22 of English Bazar Municipality in Malda district, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday afternoon after being shot in broad daylight in the morning.
KOLKATA: Dulal Sarkar also known as Babla, the Trinamool Congress councilor from ward number 22 of English Bazar Municipality in Malda district of West Bengal was shot at in broad daylight on Thursday morning.
CHENNAI: Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) leader Sowmiya Anbumani was arrested for attempting to stage a protest on Thursday against the sexual assault of an Anna University engineering student, defying police restrictions.
KOLKATA: The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are conducting raids at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with an alleged online forgery scam since Thursday morning, sources said.
NEW YORK: A mass shooting at Amazura nightclub in Queens, New York, on Thursday has left at least 11 people injured, according to The Spectator Index. This incident is part of a disturbing series of attacks in the US within the last 24 hours.
AMARAVATI: A car, in which Ganja was being allegedly smuggled, ran over policemen at a toll plaza in Andhra Pradesh’s Kakinada district. Two police constables were injured in the incident that occurred at Krishnavaram toll plaza in Kirlampudi mandal in the early hours of Thursday.
KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials, probing the multi-crore financial irregularities case at state-run R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, have video-recorded statements of witnesses, who are colleagues of Sandip Ghosh, the former and controversial principal of the institution.
KARNATAKA: A woman in Belagavi district of Karnataka has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband. She claimed it was to protect their daughter from an attempted sexual assault from her husband, the police said here on Thursday.
NEW YORK: A man “hell-bent on carnage” unleashed terror in New Orleans driving a vehicle flying an Islamic State flag into a crowd celebrating the dawn of the New Year leaving 10 people dead and at least 35 hurt, officials said
GURUGRAM: A crime branch team of the Gurugram Police arrested a notorious criminal and his two companions after a gunfight on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, police said.
BHUHBANESWAR: The Commissionerate Police witnessed a significant rise in the reporting of cybercrime-related incidents in 2024. The information was revealed by the Commissionerate police in the annual crime statistics-2024 shared with media persons here on Wednesday.
PHAGWARA: The Nakodar Sadar police have booked five persons including a truck owner on the charge of kidnapping a truck driver.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), during its ongoing campaign against corruption in the state, has arrested an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police Manjit Singh, posted at police station city-2, Kapurthala for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000.
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Dr. Amit Bansal s/o Subhash Bansal, a resident of H.No. 141, Sector 28-A Chandigarh for committing illegal activities at his 22 de-addiction centers being run/owned by him in different parts of the state. In this case Rooppreet Kaur Drug Inspector Ludhiana has also been booked and would be arrested soon.
CHANDIGARH: Aiming to weed out corruption from the society, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) adopted a multi-facet approach to corner the bribe seekers and to generate awareness among the public with a resolute stand to curb this social malady. During the period the VB has apprehended 173 persons red handed taking bribes in different cases.
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has refused to interfere with a decision of the CISF declaring a candidate ‘unfit’ for appointment to the post of ASI due to the presence of tattoos on his body.
NEW DELHI: Just days after a Bengaluru techie took his own life over alleged harassment by his wife amid divorce and child custody proceedings, another tragic case has emerged from the Model Town area of Delhi.
AMARAVATI: In a bizarre incident in Andhra Pradesh's Parvathipuram Manyam district, a drunk youth climbed on an electric pole and lied-down on the wires.
LUCKNOW: In a horrific start to the new year, Lucknow Police arrested a 24-year-old man, Arshad, on Wednesday for allegedly murdering his mother and four sisters in a city hotel.
CHENNAI: Chennai police registered cases against Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) chief coordinator Seeman and 231 others for defying a ban and conducting a protest march on Tuesday against the recent sexual assault case in Anna University.
BENGALURU: A man was booked on the charges of forcing a woman to consume alcohol at a pub during the New Year celebration in Bengaluru, police said on Wednesday.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is set to hear on Thursday a plea seeking quashing of the entire process of designation of 70 lawyers as senior advocates undertaken by the Delhi High Court.
KOLKATA: The Kolkata Police, on Wednesday, arrested a student of a reputed engineering college in the city on charges of raping his classmate at an empty residential flat in the city.
SAN FRANCISCO: The parents of Indian-American techie Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on December 14, 2024, have rejected the official suicide ruling, alleging that their son was murdered.
KOLKATA: The West Bengal Police have tracked Dubai links of Sajidul Islam, a most-wanted member of Bangladesh-based terror group Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) who was arrested last month.
LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident, Lucknow Police on Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old man, identified as Arshad, for allegedly murdering his mother and four sisters over a family dispute.
CHENNAI:The 20 Indian fishermen, who were released from jails in Sri Lanka, reached Chennai by flight, said officials here on Wednesday.
SYDNEY: Two teenagers have been hospitalised after being stabbed during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney and Melbourne.
NEW YORK:US investigators have learned the name of a woman who was burned alive and beyond recognisability aboard a Brooklyn train last week in New York City.
BERLIN: Several people were injured, including two hospitalised, in a random knife attack in western Berlin on New Year's Eve, German police reported.
GURUGRAM: The Gurugram Police have received a total of 1,03,655 complaints through various means, of which 97,896 have been resolved by the district police and 5,759 pending complaints are being investigated in 2024, police said.